ALP 17.5%
Incumbent MP
Natalie Suleyman, since 2014.
Geography
Western Melbourne. St Albans covers the suburbs of Albion, Kealba, Keilor Downs, St Albans, Sunshine North and parts of Sunshine. St Albans lies entirely within the City of Brimbank.
History
St Albans was created at the 2014 election, and it largely replaced Derrimut. Both Derrimut and St Albans had previously existed as electorates in the Victorian Parliament.
Both Derrimut and St Albans were first created in 1985, and both were abolished in 1992.
Alex Andrianopoulos held St Albans during this period, and David Cunningham held Derrimut, both representing Labor.
In 1992, Andrianopoulos shifted to Mill Park, and Cunningham won Melton. Cunningham retired in 1999, and Andrianopoulos retired in 2002, after serving as Speaker from 1999 to 2002.
The new Derrimut was won in 2002 by Telmo Languiller, who had won the seat of Sunshine in 1999, but moved to Derrimut when Sunshine was abolished. He was re-elected in 2006 and 2010. Languiller switched to the seat of Tarneit in 2014. He served as Speaker from 2014 until 2017.
Labor’s Natalie Suleyman won St Albans in 2014.
Candidates
- Cylene Magri (Greens)
- Natalie Suleyman (Labor)
- Jenny Isa (Independent)
- Trung Luu (Liberal)
Assessment
St Albans is a very safe Labor seat.
2014 result
Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Swing |
Natalie Suleyman | Labor | 21,435 | 56.4 | +5.0 |
Moira Deeming | Liberal | 10,215 | 26.9 | +0.4 |
Lisa Asbury | Greens | 3,475 | 9.1 | -4.1 |
Pat Aumua | Voice For The West | 1,424 | 3.7 | +3.7 |
Marvet Boulos | Australian Christians | 1,080 | 2.8 | +2.8 |
Irena Teresa Klajn | Independent | 374 | 1.0 | +1.0 |
Informal | 3,228 | 7.8 |
2014 two-party-preferred result
Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Swing |
Natalie Suleyman | Labor | 25,711 | 67.5 | +3.5 |
Moira Deeming | Liberal | 12,381 | 32.5 | -3.5 |
Booth breakdown
Booths in St Albans have been divided into three areas: central, north and south.
Labor won a majority of the two-party-preferred vote in all three areas, ranging from 64% in the north to 70.8% in the centre.
Voter group | ALP 2PP % | Total votes | % of votes |
North | 64.0 | 7,236 | 19.0 |
South | 67.4 | 7,218 | 19.0 |
Central | 70.8 | 5,843 | 15.4 |
Other votes | 64.6 | 3,935 | 10.4 |
Pre-poll | 68.8 | 13,771 | 36.2 |
Two-party-preferred votes in St Albans at the 2014 Victorian state election